about the conference

The two-day Conference Movement of People - A Comparative Conference on Migration will be held at Universität Hamburg and is the first initiative of our University regarding legal discussions on Migration Law and Refugee Law under European, North-American and Latin American panoramas. The Conference is targeted at lawyers, jurists, researchers, students, political and social scientists who are interested in juridical perspectives of migration and directly or indirectly working in this field. The Conference will be divided into two main panels, in which academics and experts from all around the world will discuss Refugee Law and Migration Law issues, in an interdisciplinary way, increasing the knowledge from those taking part in the event and giving a broader perspective of the so-called migration crisis over the world. The working language of the Conference is English.

The main topics presented will be the following:

EU Migration Policy and Law
The Rights of Third Country Nationals from Associated States in the EU
Rights of Immigrants in the USA and American Migration Policy
Latin American Migration Policy
Current Situation by the Mediterranean
Refugee Policy and Law in the USA and in Latin America